Josh Carter stood on stage and raised his arm; his voice reached a fevered pitch as he spoke and entreated the middle school children to join him. To come and stand.
“Every head bowed; every eye closed,” he said softly. The children …
2012-09-11
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Front four carrying on Warriors’ tradition
Between Fridays NotebookThe Hunt High varsity football team’s defense the last two seasons, in particular, has lived on its front four and, this year, the unit is carrying on the tradition.
The Warriors’ line of ends Lewis Neal, Javis Neal Hill and Tre …
Week 4’s best
DANIEL WILLIAMS, North Johnston — The 6-foot-2, 235-pound senior was a key component in North Johnston’s first win of the season last week, rushing for 132 yards and a pair of TDs in the Panthers’ 28-21 come-from-behind triumph …
Barton’s Claytor, Marshburn ‘perfectly fine’ in opening round
GOLDSBORO — Believe it or not, Barton College golfers, in their fall debut, are competing in a tournament that, as a team, they don’t want to win.
And the fact the third annual CenturyLink Invitational, hosted by Barton and Mount …
Lady Bulldogs’ Zine 2nd; Tirado tied for 3rd
GOLDSBORO — Brittney Zine, a sophomore from California, would prefer to be playing for Barton College in a team collegiate golf tournament.
But the third annual CenturyLink Invitational, hosted by Barton and Mount Olive College at Lane …
Demons still perfect
Fike shakes off pesky Beddingfield in 4 gamesFaced with the possibility of a deciding fifth game on the road against a county rival, the Fike High varsity volleyball team found a way to keep its spotless ledger intact.
Senior Miya Mitchell cranked a crucial cross-court kill to deprive host …
Southern Nash runners prevail in both races
Area roundupPINETOPS — Southern Nash’s boys and girls cross country teams emerged victorious in a non-conference cross-country meet at SouthWest Edgecombe on Monday.
The Ladybirds nipped Faith Christian of Rocky Mount, 27-29, while SouthWest did …
CCS shuts down Crossroads
The Community Christian boys soccer team demolished Crossroads Christian School, 9-0 on Monday as two Cyclones had hat tricks.
Brandon Page and Christian Bullard each scored three goals while Amond Liles, Caleb Huston and Patrick Butler also …
GC tops SWE in OT
The SouthWest boys soccer team fell to Greene Central on Monday, 3-2 in overtime.
Zach Groover scored for the Cougars, whose other goal was an own goal from Greene Central.
SouthWest fell to 2-3 and 0-2 in 2-A Eastern Plains Conference play …
Southern Nash rallies to beat SWE
PINETOPS — After dropping the first two games, the Southern Nash volleyball team rallied on Monday to defeat SouthWest Edgecombe in five games, 20-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25-18 and 15-8.
Danyelle Noland and Alea Singletary each had five kills …
CBA sweeps Southern Wayne
DUDLEY — The C.B. Aycock girls tennis team had no trouble putting away host Southern Wayne on Monday as the Falcons swept the match 9-0.
Ashton Walker, at No. 1 singles, and Katie Gurley, at No. 2, remained unbeaten in nine matches as CBA …
Tiebreakers key Greene Central past Fike
Third-set tiebreakers ultimately went the way of the Greene Central High varsity girls tennis team Monday as the Lady Rams swept all six singles matches en route to a tightly contested 8-1 victory over host Fike on Monday.
Greene Central (8-6) …
Fike wins Big East opener at Birchwood
NASHVILLE — Kayla Ricks posted a 94 to lead the Fike High girls golf team to team supremacy in the first 3-A Big East Conference match of 2012 Monday at Birchwood Country Club.
Fike won the match with a score of (284), followed by Southern …
JV: Fike beats Bruins in 2
The Fike junior varsity volleyball team took down the Bruins on Monday at Beddingfield, 25-23, 25-20.
Peyton Summerlin provided 11 service points with five kills, two aces and two digs to lead Fike (7-2). Savannah Newton added three kills and …
Middle School: Fatzaun kicks WCA past Greenville
Ethan Fatzaun provided the game-winning goal with under 60 seconds remaining to give the Wilson Christian boys soccer team a 4-3 victory over Greenville Christian on Friday.
Fatzaun was assisted on the game winner by Denning Hudson, who had two …
Deputies: Man broke into neighbor’s house
FREMONT — Sheriff’s deputies say a man stole jewelry from a house on his own street and told investigators he was there because his neighbor’s dog had escaped.
Deputies arrived at a house on Norwayne School Road south of …
Feature: Can you identify these faces from the past?
Each Tuesday in The Wilson Times, we will run a photo or three of these old Wilson Recreation Department teams. Today’s photos are the 1979 Midget League football all-star team, the 1979 Church League softball champion First Free Will Baptist …
